[geeks] Google Irritation

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 17:23:52 CST 2009


Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Is there any way to prevent Google from "correcting" my spelling?  I'm 
>> trying to search for something, and it keeps searching for what it 
>> "thinks" I'm searching for.
> 
> I've only seen that behavior when it can't find a match or when it only 
> found a few matches. Have you tried a different search engine to confirm 
> that your spelling does match SOMETHING.
> 
> Of course, telling us what you are searching for might help...

Actually, that would lead to suggestions to fix one specific problem.  I 
was running into problems with dozens of different searches.

But that's all moot now.

Peace...  Sridhar



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